PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 7

The following notices were published in the June 7 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities.  Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups

-- EQT Corporation - Gregor Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater (aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc) to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Marianna Borough, Washington County.   (PA Bulletin, page 3955)

2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups

So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 79 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups.

Waste Permits - Rescinded

-- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - State Game Lands 232 Storage Tank Pad: DEP is rescinding a WMGR123 Waste General Permit at the request of the owner for the storage tank pad located in Blaine Twp., Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 3956)

Air Quality Permits - Comments

-- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. - Tioga Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Farmington Twp., Tioga County.  (PA Bulletin, page 3928)

-- Hickory Run Energy, LLC - 1,034 MW Natural Gas Power Plant: DEP invites comments on a Title V Air Quality Permit covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in North Beaver Twp., Lawrence County.  (PA Bulletin, page 3928)

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC - Smith Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on the renewal of  State Only Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Smith Twp., Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 3929)

Air Quality Permits - Issued

-- Opal Fuels, LLC - Landfill Gas Pipeline/Compressor: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval extension to November 28 for the facility located in Robinson Twp., Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 3958)

-- Mountain Gathering - Forward Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval  for the facility located in Forward Twp., Butler County.  (PA Bulletin, page 3959)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits - Comments

-- Leatherwood LLC - Conventional Well 1427 Plugging: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 105 permit for a conventional oil and gas well plugging in Morris Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 3939)

Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits - Issued

-- Appalachia Midstream Services LLC - 8-Inch Natural Gas Water  Pipeline: DEP issued a Chapter 105 permit for the pipeline project impacting an unnamed tributary of the Little Loyalsock Creek (Exceptional Value) located in Cherry Twp., Sullivan County. (PA Bulletin, page 3961)

Erosion & Sedimentation Permits - Issued

-- Appalachia Midstream Services LLC - Unknown Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting a tributary to the Susquehanna River and Black Walnut Creek located in Braintrim Twp., Wyoming County. Received March 13, Issued May 22. (PA Bulletin, page 3962)

-- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Pipeline Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a pipeline project impacting Tuscarora Creek, Black Walnut Creek and Transue Creek in Tuscarora Twp., Bedford County and Braintrim and Meshoppen Townships, Wyoming County. Received April 9, Issued May 23.  (PA Bulletin, page 3962)

-- CNX Midstream OPR Co LLC - WFN13 Shale Gas Well Pad - M1 Gas & Water Pipelines: DEP issued Chapter 102 permit for the project located in West Finley Twp., Washington County. Received Feb. 3, Issued May 21.  (PA Bulletin, page 3963)

Oil & Gas Well Drilling Permits [5.30.25]*

-- Last Week - Permits: DEP issued 1 conventional and 27 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Permits: DEP issued 69 conventional and 272 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Wells Drilled: 38 conventional and 168 unconventional

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Act 14 Notices To Municipalities

Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency.   Read more here.

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 31 to June 6 - Horizontal Drilling Spill; ‘Control Issue’ Blows Drilling Mud Out A Flare; Failure To Notify DEP Of Spills; More Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 7  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 7 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

Related Articles This Week:

-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Fire Resulted In Possible Release Of An Unknown Quantity Of 1,3-Butadiene And Benzene Into The Atmosphere In Beaver County  [PaEN]  

-- PIOGA:  DEP’s Plan To Reduce Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Facilities An ‘Existential Threat’ To The Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports First Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Increased 2.9% Over 1st Quarter 2024; Price Of Natural Gas Increased 218% Over 1st Quarter 2024  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Renews 2 Shale Gas Water Withdrawal Projects [PaEN] 

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Hosts June 17 Webinar On Exploring Knowledge Gaps In Environmental And Occupational Health Issues Affecting Communities  [PaEN]

-- PA Senate Republicans Move Bills To Roll Back Any State Regulations, Laws, Guidance At The Request Of Industry  [PaEN]  

NewsClips:

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Explosion, Smoke Reported At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- E&ENews/Politico: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Go After Local Shale Gas Drilling Restrictions   [Cecil Twp., Washington County] 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 2 Congressional Bills Target States, Municipalities For Bans On Fracking  [PDF of Article]

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Fearing Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste, A Mercer County Community Fights To Stop A Landfill’s Re-Opening 

-- Erie Times: Nonprofit, Pittsburgh Students, Millcreek Twp. Work To Plug Oil & Gas Well Abandoned By Its Owner In Erie County 

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Shale Gas Driller Abandons Plans To Take Water From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County

-- KDKA: Shale Gas Driller Rescinds Plans To Remove 1.5 Million Gallons Of Water Daily From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair, House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. Responds To Rep. Vitali’s Call For Better Regulation Of Oil & Gas Industry [PDF of Article]

-- WHYY: Delaware City Refinery’s Toxic Air Pollutant Release Continues, But Delaware Says No Threat To Public Health

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Supreme Court Decision On ‘Title Washing’ And Oil & Gas Rights [PDF of Article]

-- Reuters: CEO Seeking To Build Pennsylvania LNG Gas Export Terminal Meets With White House To Ship To Asian, European Markets 

-- Reuters: Energy Transfer Seeking US Government Permission To Continue Exporting Ethane To China, Our Economic And Military Competitor [Major Ethane Pipeline Operator In PA] 

-- Bloomberg: A.I.’s Urgent Need For Power Spurs Return Of Dirtier Gas Turbines

-- Utility Dive: US DOE Orders Constellation To Delay Retiring 760 MW Eddystone Peaking Natural Gas Power Plant In PA To Ease PJM ‘Emergency’ [PJM Had Earlier Approved The Plant Shutdown Saying There Was No Grid Reliability Risk]

-- AP: US DOE Keeps Aging PA Power Plant Online Through Summer

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Aging PA Power Plant Ordered To Keep Running On Eve Of Shutdown; Environmentalists Say There Is No Energy ‘Emergency’

[Posted: June 6, 2025]  PA Environment Digest